Upgrading from 1.1.3.1 to 1.9.4.2 - Tips?

[rez311]

Hi,

I'm upgrading from CMS Made Simple 1.1.3.1 "Apia" to 1.9.4.2.

Anything I should be aware of or look out for? Any tips / advice before I back everything up and give it a go?

Yes, I know. It's been a while since I've upgraded. I kind of followed the logic, if it isn't broken, don't mess with it.

Thanks!

[uniqu3]

There isn't much magic but having full backup and test, test, test.
Maybe this article can help you http://www.i-do-this.com/blog/37/Advent ... to-1-9-4-1

[rez311]

Thanks uniqu3.

I'm just doing some research first before I make the upgrade. The site has alot of organic ranking in Google and Bing and CMS made simple has been a great CMS platform to bring in this traffic. #1 goal is to improve the site and retain / grow the traffic with no downtime.

[M@rtijn]

In theory google ranking will not be affected by upgrading to the latest version.

Do keep in mind that there have been some changes to the pretty url system (or custom url, as it's now called)

As long as the indexed urls don't change, your search engine ranking will stay the same.

There will be at least 2 minutes of downtime. Choose a moment in the late evening, night or early morning.
Make a backup before you start upgrading, if something goes wrong, you can quickly revert to that state.
Download the latest version, unpack, upload to ftp, run the install/upgrade.php script and you should be ok.
Don't forget to update all your modules as well, right after upgrading the CMSms core.

Good luck

[replytomk3]

Links in my signature will explain a proper backup for this critical process.